Buying an Annual Membership in the Harvest of Blooming Patches CSA Farm

Blooming Patches CSA Farm Annual Membership

Our memberships are renewable annually.   Your membership will allow you share in the harvest of Blooming Patches CSA Farm.

The FARM PRODUCE MEMBERSHIPS are described on the Farm Produce Membership tab.

CLICK HERE for a PDF copy of the membership form.   Complete the form and mail with payment or stop by.   (It's best to call first, though.)   You may e-mail your intentions to us, but you still need to send or bring in payment.

CSA Farms were started as a way for the farmer to have funds when most needed - in the late Winter and early Spring - to start soil preparation and planting.   If the harvest is especially bountiful, you will share in that bounty.   If we have a bad year due to weather conditions or something else unforseen, you will see less benefit from your membership.   Pre-selling CSA memberships allows CSA farmers to know approximately how much to plant, because memberships are pre-sold.   This leads to less waste and more enjoyment of the harvest for all.

Blooming Patches CSA Farm members may pick up produce and other items on Sundays or Thursdays, from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.   Please call ahead or e-mail us with your expected order, so we can have it ready for you.   We will offer plenty of variety, so you will enjoy lots of tastes, colors, and textures from May through December.

Your annual membership is good for the calendar year only.   Please make sure to stop by weekly to take full advantage of your membership.   Each year, you must renew your membership for continued share in the harvest.

At Blooming Patches CSA Farm, membership is for a year.   The membership price is set in advance.   When you come to the farm (hopefully on a regular basis) to pick up your produce, we will keep track of the value of food distributed to you.   For many families, one membership is enough to carry them for the growing season.   If you are a particularly avid consumer of fresh produce, you may find that you have exhausted your membership benefit before the growing season is done.   If that occurs, you can either purchase an additional 1/2 membership, or just pay cash for available items.

In addition to the harvest items included in your membership, you can also purchase many items from us outside of the pre-paid membership.   Please click on the About Our CSA Farm tab - Non-Produce and Handiwork tab for details.   Certain non-produce items such as cheese or bakery items may require an advance order.

We do not deliver.   Because you come to us for your farm-fresh produce and other goods, we are able to keep your costs down.   Not delivering also lets us stay "at the farm", where we can be more productive.   Some members from locations 20 and 30 miles away make arrangements with other members in their locality to take turns picking up the weekly produce, and then re-distributing it to other members in their area.   Let us know if your telephone number and/or e-mail address should not be given to others in your area for such coordination.   (We do not otherwise rent, sell, or give away your contact information.)

Please click on the Farm Produce Membership tab to sign up for a regular Farm Produce membership.